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John Hodgman’s memoir Vacationland is Amazon‘s spotlight pick for November and S.A. Chakraborty’s novel The City of Brass is their featured debut. The rest of the list: Ghosts of the Tsunami, by Richard Lloyd Parry Sticky Fingers, by Joe Hagan The Vanity Fair Diaries, by Tina Brown An American Family, by Khizr Khan Long Way…

Joel Fotinos will join St. Martin’s as vice president and editorial director of a new mind/body/spirit line of books, starting November 6. He recently stepped down as vp and publisher of Tarcher Perigee after 21 years. St. Martin’s president and publisher Sally Richardson says, “We are delighted to have Joel Fotinos join us at SMP. We…

George Saunders to become one of the few “bettors’ favorites” to actually win the Booker Prize, for Lincoln In the Bardo (Random House/Bloomsbury UK). He is the second American to claim the award — and the second in a row, after Paul Beatty’s victory a year ago for The Sellout. The judges said, “The form…

The ABA named Megan Hunter’s The End We Start From their No. 1 pick for November. Also on the list is Francesca Hornak’s Seven Days of Us and Gabrielle Union’s We’re Going to Need More Wine, both featured in our Buzz Books 2017 Fall/Winter collection available now for download. The rest of the list: Wonder Valley, by Ivy Pochoda…

Catching up on bookseller picks, iBooks has listed its best of October recommendations. Their fiction favorites list includes: Hiddensee, by Gregory Maguire Touch of Red, by Laura Griffin Two Kinds of Truth, by Michael Connelly The Last Mrs. Parrish, by Liv Constantine The Power, by Naomi Alderman Manhattan Beach, by Jennifer Egan Their nonfiction list:…

Andy Weir’s Artemis is the top pick for November’s Library Reads List. The list also includes Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich, which is featured in our Buzz Books 2017 Fall/Winter sampler, available for download now. The other picks are: The City of Brass, by S. A. Chakraborty The Story of Arthur Truluv, by…